Rod Run weekend busier than usual in Pigeon Forge before shots were fired at gas station
Rod Run is the area s largest automotive event. Some people on social media said they d like the show to end and move somewhere else, while others praised the event. Author: Jacinta Render (WBIR) Updated: 7:25 PM EDT April 19, 2021
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. The Pigeon Forge Police Department said a fight broke out at a Pilot gas station on the parkway before shots rang out over the weekend.
Officials said four or five people were involved before someone fired two shots in the air. According to the police, no one was hurt.
PIGEON FORGE â Pigeon Forge officials said theyâre reconsidering how the city works with car shows after a Rod Run weekend that involved shots fired at a gas station, traffic that congested city streets into the early hours of the morning, and an increasingly raucous crowd.
âMoving forward, the city has some decisions to make as far as how these shows progress,â Police Chief Richard Catlett said Monday.
âIâm concerned with the safety of my officers and the public. Iâm concerned with how itâs going.â
Last weekend marked the first Rod Run in Pigeon Forge since the pandemic, and it was probably one of the most attended ever, Catlett said
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SEVIERVILLE Sevier County residents will not be able to get Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine for COVID-19 for an undetermined amount of time after the federal government recommended a “pause” in distribution of the vaccine.
The Tennessee Department of Health announced Tuesday that it would follow federal recommendations to hold off on administering the vaccine while federal officials review reports of rare but dangerous blood clots in a handful of patients who have received the vaccine.
State officials said they expect to be able to continue providing vaccinations in Tennessee on schedule, although patients will need to take the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, both of which require two doses to be fully effective.